West Peruvian Dove
Zenaida meloda(Tschudi, JJ, 1843)
English (US) West Peruvian Dove
The West Peruvian Dove (Zenaida meloda) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Columbidae (Doves and Pigeons) in the order Columbiformes.
Range: arid tropical southwestern Ecuador to northern Chile (Coquimbo)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Zenaida meloda
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- West Peruvian Dove
- Described by
- (Tschudi, JJ, 1843)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Columba meloda
- Described by
- (Tschudi, JJ, 1843)
- Type locality
- Western slope of the Andes in Peru.
- Original description
- Archiv für Naturgeschichte 9 p.385
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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